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China's rise to regional and global prominence has attracted growing attention in recent years. Scholars as well as policy-makers debate and assess the implications of rising Chinese power for regional security and the international system. This seminar introduces students to Chinese foreign and security policy including its handling of major-power relations, its active pursuit of multilateral diplomacy in regional organizations and participation in international peace-keeping operations and its changing perspectives on arms control disarmament and non-proliferation. It begins with a brief history of phases in Chinese foreign and security policy and then gives an overview of major theoretical approaches to the subject. These theoretical perspectives are useful in examining a wide range of policy issues ranging from Chinese strategic modernization, security trends in the Taiwan Strait, civil-military relations, the Chinese foreign policy process and the domestic sources of Chinese foreign and security policy. The unit is taught as a seminar with students expected to write a book review, a research design and bibliography and a final research paper. Students will be required to do assigned reading, participate actively in class discussions, make oral presentations of their book review and research paper and serve as a discussant for one of their classmate's papers.
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Academic unit | Government and International Relations |
Credit points | 6 |
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Session 1 Early Census 2025
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